INDEX 



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attitude on her nest, 78, 79 ; nest 

 of, 71, 78, 79. 



Phoebe-bird {Sayomis phcebe), 77 ; 

 young of, 78 ; in a bed of torment, 

 205 ; nest of, 63, 77, 78, 205. 



Pine, the, ancient look of, 39, 40 ; the 

 tree of silence, 40 ; its friendli- 

 ness to man, 40 ; praise of, 41 ; 

 the tree of the hardy and domi- 

 nant races, 41, 42. 



Pine, white, 37 ; changing its leaves, 

 39 ; uses of, 41 ; in poetry, 42-44 ; 

 favorite soil of, 44 ; stumps used 

 for fences, 45 ; second growth of, 

 45 ; the original growth, 45, 46, 

 99. 



Pine, yellow, the rooting of a, 12, 

 13; 37. 



Pines, manner of growth of, 35-37 ; 

 shedding their leaves, 38, 47. 



Plane-tree, American, or button- 

 wood, or sycamore, fruit of, 9, 

 10 ; buds of, 175. 



Pleasant Pond, camping on, 104-108, 

 112. 



Pliny, 19, 49, 174. 



Plutarch, 19 ; quotations from, 96. 



Poetry, the translation of facts into, 

 32,33. 



Poison ivy, 51. 



Pond-lily, 112. 



Primrose, evening, 26. 



Propolis, 174. 



Quail, or bob- white {Colinus vir- 

 ginianus), 51 ; in winter, 53, 54, 

 60, 93. 



Quail and snake, 215, 216. 



Babbit, gray {Leptcs sylvaticus), 



food in winter, 57, 58 ; 127 ; a 



pleasant neighbor, 128. 

 *' Raisin's," 228, 229. 

 Rastreador, the, 30. 

 Rat, 87. 

 Redpoll {Acanthis linaria), 57, 134, 



438. 

 Redstart {Setophaga ruHcilla), 74, 



75 ; nest of, 74, 75. 

 Rifleman in the woods, a, 115-117. 

 Rivers. See Streams. 

 Robin, American (Merula migra- 



toria), 60, 63, 69, 80, 83, 84; 



wintering in New York State, 



164 ; 168 ; attacked by vermin, 



205 ; notes of, 241 ; nest of, 205. 

 Roots, in difficult situations, 12, 



13. 

 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, his Sea 



Limits, 158. 



Salt, the American craving for, 149, 

 150 ; the cow's fondness for, 239. 



Saxifrage, 170. 



Science, and nature, 20 ; the trans- 

 formation of facts into, 32, 33. 



Sea, the, salt air of, 149, 150 ; ceas- 

 less rocking of, 150-152 ; astro- 

 nomic aspect of, 152, 153 ; type of 

 fickleness yet unchanging, 153 ; 

 the boundary of two worlds, 153 ; 

 ships on, 153, 154 ; spirit of, 154 ; 

 voice of, 154, 155 ; serpentine 

 treachery of, 155, 156 ; the surf, 

 156 ; geological history of, 157 ; 

 in poetry, 157-161 ; paradoxes of, 

 181. 



Seal, harbor {Phoca vitulina), 196. 



Seeds, 9-11, 176. 



Shakespeare, 157. 



Shavvangunk Mountains, 124. 



Sheep, on the farm, 240. 



Ships, 153, 154. 



Shrike, 201. 



Shrimp, fairy, 21-23. 



Siskin, pine. See Linnet, pine. 



Skunk {Mephitis mephitica)^ 81. 



Skunk-cabbage, 28. 



Smilax herbacea, or carrion-flower, 

 28, 29. 



Snake, black, robbing a song spar- 

 row's nest, 208-210 ; 217. 



Snake, striped, charming a song 

 sparrow, 216. 



Snakes, universal loathing of, 208 ; 

 their powers of charming, 210, 

 215-217. 



Snow, as a covering, 94, 95 ; minia- 

 ture scenery in, 95, 96 ; geological 

 lesson from, 96 ; the friend of 

 man, 97 ; a coverlid for the ice, 

 190. 



Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 

 (Junco hyemalis), 57, 61, 135, 146 ; 

 nest of, 65, 210. 



Snowflake. Ser Bunting, snow. 



Snow-storms, the approach of, 89, 

 90; a typical snow-storm, 90- 

 94. 



Sparrow, Canada or tree {Spizella 

 monticola), 57, 61, 134. 



Sparrow, chipping. See Chippie. 



Sparrow, English {Passer doviesti- 

 cus), undesirable neighbors, 133 ; 

 hardiness and prolificness of, 134. 



Sparrow, fox {Passerella iliaca), 

 167 ; song of, 167. 



Sparrow, social. See Chippie. 



Sparrow, song (Melospizafasciata), 

 and cowbird, 74 ; battle with a 

 08-210 ; charmed by a 



